Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale

Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale is another 'Rainbow Fish' adventure written by Marcus Pfister. In this story, Rainbow Fish and his friends seem to think they have trouble with a big blue whale who found their reef. Everyone thinks that the whale is just there to eat all their food, when in actual fact he just likes admiring the fish and their beautiful shiny scales. The whale didn't mean to scare the fish, however they became very frightened and swam away. This made the whale very angry and upset, but he eventually calmed down and left them alone for a while. Rainbow Fish decided that it was time to make peace with the whale, so he bravely approached him and explained the situation. Rainbow Fish apologised for being scared of him, while the whale apologised for scaring Rainbow Fish and his friends. In the end they all became friends and lived happily ever after!





This is another simple children's picture book which highlights important themes such as bravery and most importantly, friendship. This book would be suited best to a younger age group as the story is something that everyone would be interested in and also has an underlying message about the importance of understanding each other and making new friends, regardless of what you might originally think of them. I would use this book with year 1's and even year 2's as it highlights the importance of being nice to everyone, and there always being 2 sides to every story. I think this is important to teach students because everyone should be taught to treat everyone how they like to be treated regardless of who they are or what their story is.

The illustrations are extremely bright and colourful which compliment the book. The Rainbow Fish and his friends all have the tiny patch of the bright rainbow colour which adds the extra dimension to the illustrations and gives the students something extra to look at. The illustrations are big and beautiful which would keep the students engaged in the text and may even inspire them to do further research about fish in a different subject.